I quote Jeremy Vine, Radio 2 presenter, about twenty minutes ago:
"There are street riots in India, protestors are burning effigies of the organisers of Big Brother".
Really though, talk about an overreaction.
Take away the colour of Shilpa's skin and her accent and she remains a very patronising woman with an extremely high opinion of herself. Call it culture shock if you will - I call it 'these people don't worship me like they do in India' syndrome.
I do not, however, dispute that the other three women involved in the are all vile beyond words and nasty pieces of work. But this isn't racism. Shilpa didn't cook a chicken properly and didn't take kindly to this being pointed out, despite her giving everyone a bad stomach.
There is NOTHING for them all to do in there. They're bored. And all girls. And another girl has pissed them off. They are going to bitch, and it is going to escalate, and others will get involved, and she will become victimised. This happens in schools, colleges, workplaces everyday, across the whole country. Her being Indian has very little to do with it - it is just an aspect to her that is easy to focus on and use as a bitching tool. Did I mention they're all rough as a yardbrush and she's stunning? This is a competition!
'Poor' kids at school always smelt, remember? Did anyone actually bother to smell them?
